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Clinical features and molecular epidemiology of CMY-type beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Mar 2009
Sidjabat Hanna E, Paterson David L, Qureshi Zubair A, Adams-Haduch Jennifer M, O'Keefe Alexandra, Pascual Alvaro, Rodríguez-Baño Jesús, Doi Yohei
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the clinical features of infections caused by Escherichia coli strains that produce plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamase is limited. Of the several groups of plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamases, CMY-type beta-lactamase is the most common in the United States. METHODS: We prospectively identified patients infected or colonized with E. coli strains that produce CMY-type beta-lactamase,...
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